Italian Braille is the braille alphabet of the Italian language, both in Italy and in Switzerland.
Italy has agreed to accept the EBU guidance proposal, so the EBU Braille code may also be used.
Character | Braille | Braille dots |
---|---|---|
a | ⠁ | 1 |
b | ⠃ | 12 |
c | ⠉ | 14 |
d | ⠙ | 145 |
e | ⠑ | 15 |
f | ⠋ | 124 |
g | ⠛ | 1245 |
h | ⠓ | 125 |
i | ⠊ | 24 |
j | ⠚ | 245 |
k | ⠅ | 13 |
l | ⠇ | 123 |
m | ⠍ | 134 |
n | ⠝ | 1345 |
o | ⠕ | 135 |
p | ⠏ | 1234 |
q | ⠟ | 12345 |
r | ⠗ | 1235 |
s | ⠎ | 234 |
t | ⠞ | 2345 |
u | ⠥ | 136 |
v | ⠧ | 1236 |
w | ⠺ | 2456 |
x | ⠭ | 1346 |
y | ⠽ | 13456 |
z | ⠵ | 1356 |
é | ⠿ | 123456 |
à | ⠷ | 12356 |
è | ⠮ | 2346 |
ù | ⠾ | 23456 |
ì | ⠌ | 34 |
ò | ⠬ | 346 |
, | ⠂ | 2 |
; | ⠆ | 23 |
: | ⠒ | 25 |
. | ⠲ | 256 |
. (thousands separator) | ⠄ | 3 |
( … ) | ⠢ … ⠔ | 26 … 35 |
/ | ⠌ | 34 |
– | ⠤ | 36 |
% | ⠼⠴⠚ | 3456 356 245 |
‰ | ⠡⠴⠄ | 16 356 3 |
1 | ⠼⠁ | 3456 1 |
2 | ⠼⠃ | 3456 12 |
3 | ⠼⠉ | 3456 14 |
4 | ⠼⠙ | 3456 145 |
5 | ⠼⠑ | 3456 15 |
6 | ⠼⠋ | 3456 124 |
7 | ⠼⠛ | 3456 1245 |
8 | ⠼⠓ | 3456 125 |
9 | ⠼⠊ | 3456 24 |
0 | ⠼⠚ | 3456 245 |
Number indicator | ⠼ | 3456 |
Caps indicator | ⠨ | 46 |
Note: Although a dot as full stop (period) is ⠲, a dot as a digit separator, as in 3.500 for three thousand five hundred, is ⠄ (⠼⠉⠄⠑⠚⠚).
References
- World Braille Usage Third Edition
- Codice Braille – the Unione Italiana dei Ciechi e degli Ipovedenti
Last date updated: January 2016